How to Update HTC Desire S with ICS 4.0.4 Firmware – Tutorial

HTC Desire S now gets the latest update of ICS 4.0.4 Firmware. Yes, you have heard it right, an all new custom ROM firmware has arrived which is dubbed as Virtuous Saga v1.0. This custom ROM firmware comes with the latest Sense 3.6 version and is based on the RUU 3.04.401.1 and comes with the 3.0.16 kernel. We will be talking about the features of this Virtuous custom ROM firmware, screen captures, pre requisites and a detailed guide which will help you to update Desire S with ICS 4.0.4. Be informed that this is not an Official firmware of ICS 4.0 released by HTC and also we don’t have any exact time on by when this ICS will be released officially to HTC Desire S smartphone.

The best part of this update is that most of the things are stable, though if at all you face any bugs then do let us know in the comments section as we will convey the same to the developer. It was the last time when we saw on how you can install the latest ICS Android 4.0 firmware version and this is the one which will guide you to install ICS 4.0.4 firmware.

Disclaimer: Neither AndroidAdvices, nor developer should be held responsible for any damage happened to your device in the process of following the instructions mentioned in this article. It’s very unlikely that there will be any issues but just in case if at all there are any issues then we are committed to help you in solving the same.

Features of Virtuous ROM:

Multilanguage

Ultra-Fast

Improved EXT4 performance

Improved animation performance

De-odexed

Busy box / Super user

Zip-aligned

Latest Maps

Latest Market

There are some features which are removed from this build and are,

Twitter

Adobe Reader (you can download it from Market)

Some other HTC bloat ware

Screen Captures of Virtuous Custom ROM Firmware on Desire S:

Pre Requisites:

Your HTC Desire S should be rooted and installed with the Custom recovery image for accommodating this custom ROM firmware.

We highly recommend to back up all the below mentioned data so that just in case if the data gets wiped or corrupted, the same can be restored with the help of below mentioned steps.

hey thanks for the detailed guide im sorry to ask as im new to android and ive never rooted my phone ive 2.3. 5, is this the same ics update which htc will rrlease in couple of days? is it safe to root and are there any limitations or is it as good as the official ics update, thanks!!

hey thanks for the detailed guide im sorry to ask as im new to android and ive never rooted my phone ive 2.3.5 which came the time i bought my phone, is this the same ics update which htc will rrlease in couple of days? is it safe to root and are there any limitations or is it as good as the official ics update, thanks!!